Instructions on How to Download and Set the SaskAlert App

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1 Instructions on How to Download and Set the SaskAlert App

2 1. To find and download the app from the app store search by the following: a. Saskalert b. Emergency Alerts c. Saskatchewan Emergency Alerts 2. When you open the app for the first time you will be asked to allow for notifications from SaskAlert select yes a. If you do not select yes then you will not receive alerts. b. If you made a mistake and selected no, you can switch it to yes under your notifications tool in your phones settings 3. You will then be taken to the main screen of the SaskAlert app. Your first step should be to set up your settings. APP Main Screen By default when you first download the app the settings will be to receive alerts for the whole province. You can refine your setting by accessing the settings screen by touching the gear icon.

3 App Settings Screen Setting the Receive nearby alerts switch to on cause the alerting area near the location of the phone to be displayed. You will receive notifications of alerts near your current location which will show up in My Alerts. Touching Receive alerts for specific area goes to the Alert Areas screen where you can select specific alert areas to receive alert notification for. You add your specific locations by touching the + sign in the Alert Area Screen. Once you have downloaded the app by default you will receive Critical and Emergency Advisory alerts. If you only want to receive critical alerts you need to switch the Receive only critical alerts option to On. If you leave this switch in the defaulted Off position you will receive critical and emergency advisory alerts. If you choose to receive emergency advisory alerts, you have the option of choosing what your Emergency advisory alert sound will be. Touch on Advisory alert sound and choose the sound that you would like to hear for emergency advisory alerts. NOTE: Once you down load the app and agree to notifications you WILL receive all critical alerts. There is no option to turn off Critical alerts the way that Emergency Advisory Alerts can be turned off. At the bottom of the setting screen is a brief explanation as to what SaskAlert is. If you touch the SaskAlert word you will be taken into another window that explains more about SaskAlert. To get back from this window to the setting screen of the APP touch back to SaskAlert at the top left of your screen. Once you have your settings screen completed touch the Back Arrow icon at the top left of the screen to go back to the Emergency Alerts Screen.

4 App Main Screen ALL tab shows active alerts for all of Saskatchewan. My Alerts tab shows active alerts for any areas that have been selected in settings. Past Alerts tab shows alerts that have ended in the past 24 hours. The Alerts will be listed with: Critical Alerts (red icons) first and Emergency Advisory Alerts (yellow icons) showing second. When Broadcast Test Alerts are issued they will also be shown on the Emergency Alerts screen and identified with a green icon The alerts will also display in order (date/time) of the most recent alerts in each category being first. Link to Saskatchewan.ca Emergency Preparedness mobile website To return to your Emergency Alerts main screen from the How to prepare for an emergency screen touch the back arrow icon at the top left of the screen. Once you back on the main screen you can go into the details of a specific alert. Touching any of the listed alerts, will take you to the details screen of that alert.

5 App Alert Detail Screen Touching the share icon in the top Navigation Bar on the details screen for any alert will cause an action sheet to rise from the bottom of the screen exposing sharing options such as message and mail so you can forward the alert to another person. If the alerts description exceeds four lines and a "down arrow" appears, touch the down arrow to see all of the alerts description. Instructions for the public to follow in order to stay safe. It is possible to zoom the map (in/out) by performing a pinch-pull action It is possible to pan the map by touching and holding the map and moving around Just below the map and not shown on this screen shot, is an option to go directly to the SaskAlert website to view the alert. By touching "view full details on the Saskatchewan Emergency Alert website" you will exit the App and go to the website, saskalert.ca.